UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549



                                   FORM 8-K


                                CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2002


                          InSite Vision Incorporated
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            (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



           Delaware                   0-22332                    94-3015807
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(State or Other Jurisdiction         (Commision                (IRS Employer
      of Incorporation)              File Number)            Identification No.)



     965 Atlantic Avenue, Alameda, California                           94501
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     (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                         (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:     (510) 865-8800




                                Not applicable
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        (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)




ITEM 7.         EXHIBITS.

        The following is an exhibit filed pursuant to disclosure under Item 9
of this Form 8-K and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of the Securities
Act of 1934 or incorporated by reference in future filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.


        Exhibit No.             Description
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           99.1                 Certifications of S. Kumar Chandrasekaran, the
                                Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
                                Officer of InSite Vision Incorporated,
                                pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted
                                pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
                                Act of 2002.


ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

        On August 14, 2002, InSite Vision Incorporated filed its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  Accompanying the report were certifications of InSite
Vision Incorporated's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, S.
Kumar Chandrasekaran, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, codified at 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.  The full text of these
certifications are included as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.

        The foregoing certifications are being furnished solely to accompany the
Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002,
and are not being filed either as part of that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or
as a separate disclosure statement, and are not to be incorporated by reference
into that Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or any other filing of the Company,
whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general
incorporation language in such filing.  The foregoing certification should not
be deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
Section 18 or Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.  This Current Report (including the exhibits hereto) shall not be
deemed to be an admission as to the materiality of any information required to
be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of Regulation FD.







                                  SIGNATURES


        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        INSITE VISION INCORPORATED


Dated:  August 14, 2002                 By: /s/   S. Kumar Chandrasekaran
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                                            S. Kumar Chandrasekaran, Ph. D.
                                            Chief Executive Officer




                                EXHIBIT INDEX


        Exhibit No.             Description
        -----------             ------------
          99.1                  Certifications of S. Kumar Chandrasekaran, the
                                Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
                                Officer of InSite Vision Incorporated,
                                pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted
                                pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
                                Act of 2002.